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I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AND REGULAR MEETING 2020 207 IS JULY 27TH 6

[CALL TO ORDER]

[00:00:10]

P.M.. SO LET'S BEGIN WITH OUR ROLL CALL.

MEMBER CONNOLLY.

HERE. MEMBER ZIEGLER PRESENT.

VICE CHAIRPERSON SNYDER.

PRESENT CHAIR PERSON BYRD MEMBER LOOSE.

AND WE'RE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

NON AGENDA ITEMS AT THIS TIME.

SO MY NAME IS LORRAINE CASIANO, AND I'M A NEW FLORIDA RESIDENT.

WELL, NEWER. SO I MOVED HERE LAST YEAR.

IT'S BEEN 13 MONTHS.

AND AS THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, I THINK YOUR THING IS THE ENVIRONMENT.

I'M NOT 100% SURE BECAUSE I HAVEN'T LEARNED EVERYTHING ABOUT PALM BAY YET.

BUT THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE.

WHEN THEY'RE CLEARING LOTS TO BUILD NEW HOUSES IN PALM BAY, THEY ARE TAKING DOWN EVERY LAST TREE AND PIECE OF VEGETATION AND IT'S EXTREMELY HARMFUL.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER TOWNS IN THE AREA THAT DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

AND I HAD A NEIGHBOR WHO HAD TREES PUT IN BY THE BUILDER AND HE PROMPTLY PROCEEDED TO RIP THEM OUT AFTER THE BUILDER LEFT.

SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S LEGAL OR NOT, BUT THIS IS SORT OF A PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.

IT'S LIKE A HOLOCAUST OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE ANIMALS, THE BUGS, THE BIRDS THAT EAT THE BUGS. AND THEN I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TOUCH ON HOW DO YOU SUPPORT IT ALL WITH POLICE, FIRE, EMERGENCY SCHOOLS? ROTHE WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE IDEA.

I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME, BUT WHAT I DON'T LIKE TO DO IS I DON'T LIKE TO GO PLACES AND COMPLAIN BECAUSE COMPLAINING DOES VERY LITTLE.

SO WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE COME UP WITH A LIST OF SUGGESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE SOME THINGS THAT YOU HAVE EITHER THOUGHT OF OR MAYBE SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY SMART PEOPLE IN PALM BAY, AND I'M NOT THE SMARTEST ONE.

SO IF ANYBODY GAVE IT MORE BRAINSTORMING THOUGHT THAN ME, THEY COULD PROBABLY COME UP WITH SOME EVEN BETTER ONES.

SO THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT IS MAYBE YOU COULD JUST HALT DEVELOPMENT FOR A LITTLE WHILE, SIT BACK FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND THINK ABOUT IT, AND TRY TO DEVELOP LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED TO MAYBE GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO JUST BREATHE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING'S JUST GETTING DESTROYED.

SO THAT WAS ONE THOUGHT.

THE SECOND THING IS I WOULD BAN CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDES AND THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN USE.

LIKE I DO FERTILIZE MY PLANTS, BUT I USE CRACKED CRAB SHELLS WHICH ARE FROM NATURE.

SO YOU CAN DO THINGS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING IS YOU COULD PLANT GROUND COVERS, YOU KNOW, THAT 15 FOOT THAT THE TOWN HAS IN FRONT OF EVERY HOUSE.

RIGHT. AND THEY PLANT GRASS AND THEN EVERYBODY HAS TO GET THEIR GAS MOWER AND GET OUT THERE AND CUT IT.

YOU COULD PLAN TO FROG FRUIT, WHICH GROWS THREE INCHES TALL AND NEVER NEEDS TO BE CUT.

SO THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR CUTTING.

SO IT GETS RID OF THE WORK AND IT ALSO GETS RID OF THE GAS AND LAWN MOWERS.

SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS YOU COULD ALSO RAISE THE NUMBER OF TREES AND BUSHES THAT THE BUILDERS ARE REQUIRED TO PUT ON THOSE LOTS.

THE STUFF THAT THEY PUT ON NOW ARE ANEMIC AND FEW.

AND IF THE PEOPLE DON'T WATER THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO DIE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU COULD REQUIRE THEM TO BE NATIVE PLANTS, BECAUSE NATIVE PLANTS CAN SURVIVE IN THE NATIVE ENVIRONMENT AND THEY DON'T REQUIRE AS MUCH WATER AND THEY DON'T REQUIRE AS MUCH MAINTENANCE.

AND THEY JUST DO THEIR THING AND THEY'RE HAPPY.

ANOTHER THING YOU COULD POSSIBLY CONSIDER IS IF A PERSON IN THE FUTURE.

NOW, OF COURSE, THIS WOULDN'T BE GOOD FOR CURRENT LANDOWNERS, BUT LET'S SAY SOMEBODY BUYS A LOT TOMORROW.

OKAY. YOU HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER QUARTER ACRE LOT.

THAT IS JUST FOR GREEN ACRES.

IS THAT MY THREE MINUTE TIME CLOCK? AND I'LL STOP, AND I'LL THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE MY IDEAS WITH YOU.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL FAIR, AND I HOPE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE VOLUNTEERS AND THAT IT WOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TOO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE IN OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND WE ALSO HAVE A VACANCY ON OUR BOARD.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO INQUIRE ABOUT THAT, WE DO NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP US PLAN.

IT IS. YES.

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BUT, UM, MOST OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED WE ARE WORKING TOWARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AWAY. WE CAN GET YOUR PHONE NUMBER.

IT.

[PRESENTATIONS]

HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.

I'M. SORT OF CUSTOM AQUATICS.

SO IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN, IS THERE ANY ANY INTRODUCTION THAT YOU CAN MAKE? YES, WE HAVE BRAD FONTAINE AND ADAM STARTING.

ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US COME HERE AND PRESENT TO YOU GUYS AND TALK ABOUT THE STUFF THAT WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, LIKE YOU MENTIONED.

I'M BRAD FONTAINE AND THIS IS ADAM KLINGBERG AND WE ARE FLORIDA CUSTOM AQUATIC.

AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE BUILD WATER FEATURES.

BUT AS TRUE CONSERVATIONISTS TO HEART, WE'VE KIND OF PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND STARTED LOOKING INTO SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS A COMPANY THAT WILL HELP OUT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS PRESENTATION IS ABOUT.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START AND WE'RE GOING TO JUST KIND OF TAG TEAM THIS PRESENTATION.

SO WHO ARE WE? I'M BRAD FONTAINE. I STARTED THIS COMPANY ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO.

EXACTLY. AND IT'S JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

I DID A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT FROM AUBURN UNIVERSITY AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND AQUACULTURE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS IN PINE BLUFF.

SO I WORKED CONCURRENTLY WITH THIS BUSINESS.

I WORKED FOR THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION AS A FRESHWATER FISHERIES BIOLOGIST FOR TEN YEARS DOING FRESHWATER FISHERIES RESEARCH AND THE UPPER SAINT JOHN'S RIVER BASIN.

OUR OFFICE WAS RIGHT THERE AND THE ST JOHNS WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, SO RIGHT, RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.

AND I STARTED THIS BUSINESS AS A SIDE BUSINESS AND UP UNTIL RECENTLY THIS WAS A SIDE BUSINESS.

NOW I'VE GONE FULL TIME, SO I'VE LEFT THE COMMISSION AND THAT'S WHERE I AM NOW.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GROW AND TAKE ON OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPAND.

UM. LET'S SEE.

SO ESSENTIALLY TEN YEARS WITH FRESHWATER FISHERIES RESEARCH AND ONE YEAR WITH THE DIVISION OF HUNTING AND GAME MANAGEMENT AS THE PUBLIC HUNTING AREAS.

BIOLOGISTS. SOUTH REGION.

NOW. ALL RIGHT.

HELLO, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

LIKE BRAD SAID, MY NAME IS ADAM KLINENBERG.

I GOT A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MARINE SCIENCES WITH A MINOR IN GEOLOGY FROM FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY.

AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BRAD FOR FIVE YEARS.

I FOUND HIM AT A MELBOURNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING FIVE YEARS AGO AND WE HIT IT OFF AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER EVER SINCE THEN.

I CURRENTLY WORK FULL TIME WITH THE BREVARD ZOO CONSERVATION, SO I CURRENTLY WORK FULL TIME WITH THE BREVARD ZOO'S CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT HELPING TO RESTORE THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON. WE DO A LOT OF OYSTER CLAM SEAGRASS RESTORATION WORK, SO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, THE FLORIDA ENVIRONMENT IS MY PASSION.

OUR PASSION. AND I WORK WITH BRAD ON THE SIDE AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME NEW INNOVATIVE IDEAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO GOOD FOR THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, MOSTLY.

JUST ONE LITTLE QUICK BACKGROUND OF OUR COMPANY.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAN BUILD WATER FEATURES.

WE'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN CERTIFIED THROUGH OUR DISTRIBUTOR WHO IS AQUA SCAPE.

THEY'RE THE LEADER IN THE INDUSTRY AND THIS IS THE PROCESS FOR THAT IS KIND OF INVOLVED.

THERE'S PRETTY HIGH STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION.

YOU'VE GOT A DOCUMENT THAT YOU CAN USE THEIR PROCESS AND THEIR PRODUCTS.

AND SO ALSO ALL THE CUSTOMER SURVEYS, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE TOP NOTCH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ALL OF YOUR CUSTOMERS IN ORDER TO BE CERTIFIED.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN, JUST BECAUSE WE REALLY TAKE PRIDE IN OUR WORK AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE BEST JOB THAT WE CAN DO FOR ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS.

AND ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AS WELL.

THERE'S AN ANNUAL BASICALLY TRADE SHOW IN CHICAGO THAT WE'RE GOING UP TO IN THE MONTH.

SO AND THERE'S GOING TO BE ADVANCED.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN THE SLIDESHOW IS ONE OF THE ADVANCED AQUA SKATE BUILDS AND AND HOW IT RELATES TO WHAT WE CAN DO WITH SOME OF THESE STORMWATER RETENTION PONDS.

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SO YEAH, REAL BRIEFLY, WHAT WE DO IS NATURAL WATER FEATURES THAT COULD BE LIKE KOI PONDS, WATER GARDENS, PONDS, WATERFALLS ARE ANOTHER POPULAR OPTION FOR LESS MAINTENANCE.

NATURAL SHORELINE CONSTRUCTION THAT COULD BE ON A RETENTION POND OR A LAKE OR ON THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON OR CANAL.

AND WE'LL GO OVER SOME OF THOSE IDEAS THAT THAT WE HAVE AND WE'VE IMPLEMENTED ALREADY.

RECREATIONAL SWIMMING PONDS IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF COMING AROUND PRETTY, PRETTY HEAVILY NOW.

IT'S THE CHEMICALS AND CHLORINE FROM FROM POOLS, NATURAL OR TRADITIONAL POOLS ARE JUST BECOMING KIND OF AN ISSUE FOR PEOPLE.

SO THEY'RE EXPLORING OPTIONS AND LOOKING AT THESE NATURAL SWIMMING PONDS, WHICH ARE FILTERED BIOLOGICALLY.

THERE'S NO CHEMICALS INVOLVED, WHICH IS NICE.

AND THEN WE ALSO DO POND AND LAKE MANAGEMENT, AND THAT INCLUDES AERATION SYSTEMS, FOUNTAINS, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP CIRCULATE THE WATER AND AQUATIC WEED CONTROL.

AND WE TRY TO USE AS MUCH MANUAL REMOVAL AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS AS POSSIBLE AND REALLY MINIMAL ON THE CHEMICAL CONTROLS.

WE WON'T GO INTO THIS TOO MUCH, BUT ECOSYSTEM PONDS IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO.

IT'S KIND OF OUR BREAD AND BUTTER.

IT'S IT'S BASICALLY WHAT YOU CALL A KOI POND AND ALL SIZES WE COULD DO FROM A LITTLE SIX BY EIGHT POND UP TO 30 BY 50 SWIMMING POND.

SO. REAL QUICK.

THE COMPONENTS OF THESE ECOSYSTEM PONDS IS REALLY THE FILTRATION.

SO ALL OF THESE HAVE A SKIMMER.

BASICALLY A MECHANICAL FILTRATION.

SO ANY DEBRIS LEAVES THIS WAY, STUFF LIKE THAT THAT GETS CAUGHT UP IN THAT SKIMMER.

WE CAN REMOVE THAT FROM THE SYSTEM.

THIS WILL APPLY TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LATER.

SO AND THEN THE BIOLOGICAL FILTRATION HAPPENS MOSTLY UP HERE IN THIS.

AS THE BIO FILES FILTER.

PLANTS, FISH AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT FOR THESE PONDS AND MAINTAINING A NICE CLEAN WATER ECOSYSTEM.

THE ROCKS AND GRAVEL ARE ALSO ACTUALLY PRETTY HELPFUL BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF SURFACE AREA FOR THIS BENEFICIAL BACTERIA HELPS CONVERT BULK AND THINGS LIKE THAT USABLE NUTRIENTS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE SO.

JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF SOME OF OUR PONDS AND WATERFALLS.

BUT ASIDE FROM THESE ECOSYSTEM PONDS AND WATER FEATURES THAT WE LIKE TO BUILD FOR PEOPLE, WE STARTED KIND OF WRACKING OUR BRAINS AND LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND ONE OF THOSE IS.

SUSTAINABLE WATER FEATURES AS FAR AS COLLECTING RAINWATER.

SO I'M GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. SO RAINWATER HARVESTING IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HELPING PROTECT FLORIDA ECOSYSTEM, BEING ABLE TO COLLECT WATER ON SITE WHERE IT FALLS AND TREAT IT BY INFILTRATING IT INTO THE GROUNDWATER BEFORE IT RUNS ONTO THE STREET OR RUNS OFF INTO A NEAR BODY OF WATER IS A VERY EASY WAY TO HELP REDUCE YOUR IMPACT ON THE AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM IN FLORIDA.

AND ONE REALLY UNIQUE PRODUCT OR COMBINATION OF PRODUCTS THAT AQUA SCAPE OFFERS IS RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM.

SO YOU ARE CREATING A BASIN IN THE GROUND AND THEN USING LARGE BLOCKS, PLASTIC BLOCKS THAT ACTUALLY CREATE A STRUCTURAL VOID SPACE IN THE GROUND THAT WILL HOLD THE WATER.

AND THEN YOU'RE STORING THE WATER AND THEN SLOWLY INFILTRATING IT USING A SMALL PUMP INTO A DRAINAGE BASIN WHICH IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OVER THERE.

SO AS YOU'RE STORING THE WATER, AN IMPORTANT PART OF RAINWATER STORAGE IS INFILTRATING IT.

IF YOU HAVE A RAIN BARREL IN YOUR YARD, IT DOES CAPTURE WATER, BUT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DRAIN THAT WHEN IT'S NOT RAINING SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO TREAT THAT WATER.

SO YOUR SYSTEM HAS THE ABILITY TO HOLD MORE WATER THE NEXT TIME WHEN IT RAINS.

IF YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE A FULL RAIN BARREL, THEN IT'S NOT TRULY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF NUTRIENTS AND THE RUNOFF BECAUSE IT'S JUST OVERFLOWING AND THEN TRAVELING DOWN DOWN THE ROAD.

SO BY INFILTRATING WATER WHEN THE SYSTEM, WHEN IT'S NOT RAINING, WILL ACTUALLY HELP IT INFILTRATE INTO THE AQUIFER, INTO THE GROUNDWATER AND REDUCE THE WATER RUNOFF INTO INTO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

SO THE SYSTEM THAT AQUA SCAPE HAS DEVELOPED IS VERY EFFECTIVE AT CAPTURING RAINWATER AND INFILTRATING RAINWATER IN ORDER TO TRULY HELP REDUCE THE LOADING ON THE CITY.

THE CITY IS USUALLY USUALLY BUYS PROPERTIES THAT THEY CAN USE FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.

SO EVERY LITTLE BIT THAT A HOMEOWNER OR EVERY EXTRA GALLON OF WATER THAT YOU CAN CAPTURE HELPS REDUCE THE COST TO THE CITY.

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ALSO, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT HAVING TO CAPTURE AND TREAT AS MUCH STORMWATER AS THEY WOULD.

SO IF EVERY INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER HAS THE ABILITY TO CAPTURE RAINWATER AND STORE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RAINWATER, IT WOULD SAVE THE CITY MONEY AND IN THE LONG RUN AND BE ABLE TO REALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF THAT'S MAKING IT INTO THE SURFACE LAKES, PONDS, INDIAN RIVER LAGOON BY INFILTRATING THAT WATER INTO INTO THE AQUIFER. ONE ONE.

TWO THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT ABOUT THIS.

THIS PICTURE AND THIS SYSTEM ARE THE BARRELS THAT PEOPLE USE ARE GREAT, THEY'RE HOMEOWNER FRIENDLY.

BUT THE WAY THAT THESE SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED, YOU CAN MAKE IT 50 GALLONS OR 5000 GALLONS.

SO WE CAN HOLD A LOT OF WATER, DEPENDING ON HOW WIDE AND DEEP OF A SPACE THAT WE HAVE.

OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE GET TOO DEEP, WE START HAVING GROUNDWATER CONCERNS, BUT I WILL TYPICALLY GO WIDER IF THAT'S THE CASE.

AND THE OTHER THING IS YOU CAN HAVE THIS RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM THAT'S JUST COMPLETELY HIDDEN TO THE NAKED EYE.

I MEAN, IT'S UNDER THE GROUND.

NO ONE KNOWS IT'S THERE. AND WE CAN ACTUALLY BUILD A WATER FEATURE ON TOP OF IT, LIKE A LITTLE WATERFALL LIKE WE HAVE HERE THAT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS AT ERROR RATES THAT WATER, IT EXPOSES IT TO THE AIR THAT HAVE BECOME STAGNANT UNDER THE WATER I'M SORRY, UNDER THE GROUND.

IT EXPOSES IT TO AIR, WHICH PROMOTES THAT REALLY GOOD BENEFICIAL BACTERIA GROWTH AND KEEP THAT WATER HEALTHIER.

SO AND ONE MORE THING ALSO, THE THE AQUA BLOCKS THAT ARE THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF THESE RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO BE USED UNDERNEATH OF PERMEABLE PAVER PATIOS THAT CAN BE USED UNDER PARKING LOTS SO THEY CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO PERMEABLE, PERMEABLE SURFACES, SURFACES YOU MAY DRIVE ON IN YOUR DRIVEWAY, THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO THEY'RE VERY, VERY STRONG AND ABLE TO BE INCORPORATED INTO COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS AS WELL.

AND THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.

YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW THIS, BUT THERE'S A 500 GALLON RAINWATER HARVESTING BASIN UNDERNEATH THIS LITTLE DECORATIVE FEATURE THAT WE PUT IN.

SO. AND IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S EXPOSURE TO THE AIR HELPS PROMOTE THAT GOOD BACTERIA.

BUT IT'S REALLY NICE THAT WE CAN HAVE THESE SYSTEMS THAT AREN'T LIKE A BUNCH OF BIG RAIN BARRELS STACKED UP OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSE.

SO JUST ANOTHER OPTION AND JUST SOMETHING THAT.

BUT. SO MOVING ON FROM RAINWATER HARVESTING IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT LATELY IS THE STORMWATER RETENTION PONDS.

I WON'T READ THROUGH THIS, BUT BASICALLY ALGAE BLOOMS OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PEAK SEASON.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN HEAVY RAIN COMES, THAT EXCESS WATER GETS CARRIED DOWN THROUGH THE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS INTO THE LAGOON RIVERS.

SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT CARRIES THAT NUTRIENT RICH WATER WITH IT.

AND WE GET ALGAE BLOOMS IN THE LAGOON, WHICH WILL HELP TO HURT THE RECOVERY OF OUR SEAGRASS, WHICH IS REALLY THE ULTIMATE GOAL HERE.

SO THAT BEING SAID.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AN ALGAE BLOOM POND.

THESE ARE PRETTY COMMON. WE SEE A LOT OF THESE EVERY SUMMER.

WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE WETLAND FILTRATION.

SO THIS IS YOU THINK ABOUT WETLANDS IN A NATURAL SENSE.

THEY'RE KIND OF CALLED THE KIDNEYS OF THE EARTH BECAUSE THEY FILTER ALL THE WATER BEFORE THEY GO INTO THE SYSTEMS. SO THIS IS A CONSTRUCTED WETLAND.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING THIS WETLAND.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WE PUMP WATER IN FROM HERE, FROM THE BOTTOM THROUGH THIS CENTIPEDE MODULE, WHICH EVENLY DISTRIBUTES THE WATER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FILTER.

THEN IT GOES UP THROUGH THOSE BLOCKS, WHICH IS JUST A STORAGE CHAMBER.

THEN IT GOES THROUGH A SERIES OF DIFFERENT SIZED GRAVELS ROCKS AND GRAVEL.

AND THAT'S ALL FILTER MEDIA, THAT'S ALL.

THINK OF IT LIKE A FISH TANK.

IT'S ALL LIKE BIOLOGICAL FILTRATION MEDIA.

SO ALL THAT THOUSANDS OF SQUARE INCHES OF MEDIA ALLOWS FOR THE BENEFITS OF BACTERIA TO GROW, AND IT JUST CLEANS THE WATER.

THAT WATER IS PASSING EVENLY OVER IT AND SPILLING OVER INTO THE POND.

IT'LL BE CLEAN, BUT WE USE THESE ON LARGER PONDS, PONDS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE DUCKS OR A LOT OF FISH, A LOT OF LIVESTOCK, BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD FILTER.

SO WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT APPLYING THESE TO SOME LARGER PROJECTS AND IT'S JUST KIND OF WE'LL SHOW YOU THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

SO HERE'S THE BASIN THAT'S DUG UNDERGROUND NEXT TO THE RETENTION POND, GOT THAT SNORKEL, WHICH IS THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

AND ALL THAT REALLY IS FOR IS TO ALLOW US TO COME IN THERE AND PUMP OUT ANY DEBRIS THAT SETTLES OVER TIME.

SO THERE IS SOME MAINTENANCE INVOLVED.

THESE WILL HAVE TO BE CLEANED OUT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT THIS THIS SNORKEL ALLOWS US TO ACCESS THAT VERY EASILY.

AND THEN THIS CENTIPEDE MODULE, AGAIN, IT'S JUST SPREADS THAT WATER EVENLY.

AND HERE IS THIS THE PICTURE OF THE AQUA BLOCKS, WHICH LIKE ADAM'S TALKING ABOUT THE STRUCTURAL VOID SPACE SO THAT WE CAN HOLD A LOT OF WATER.

EACH ONE OF THESE HOLDS 32 GALLONS OF WATER.

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THESE ARE ALL ALIGNED WITH THE 45 MILLIMETER EPDM LINER.

SO IT'S A VERY THICK, FLEXIBLE, STRONG LINER.

AFTER THAT HOLE IS EXCAVATED, THERE IS A PROTECTIVE CLOTH THAT'S LAID IN THERE FIRST TO PROTECT THAT LINER.

THE LINER IS THEN LAYERED ON TOP OF THAT PROTECTIVE CLOTH AND THEN THE COMPONENTS ARE ALL PUT WITHIN THE LINER.

SO AS YOU PULL WATER OUT OF THE RETENTION POND OR OUT OF THE WATER FEATURE, IT'S PUMPED UP THROUGH THE BOTTOM AND IT'S ALL CONTAINED WITHIN THAT LINER AND THEN OVERFLOWS BACK IN INTO THE POND OR WATER FEATURE AFTER IT'S BEEN EXPOSED TO THAT FILTER MEDIA AND THE BIOLOGICAL BACTERIA THAT HELPS BREAK DOWN THE NITROGENOUS WASTE AND HELPS REMOVE NITROGEN WHEN YOU'RE USING BIOLOGICAL FILTRATION.

THE IDEA IS THAT THE NITROGEN IN THE WATER WILL ACTUALLY BE TURNED INTO GAS.

SO THOSE BACTERIA CONVERT THE NITROGEN, THE FORM OF NITROGEN THAT'S DISSOLVED IN THE WATER TO NITROGEN GAS WHICH BUBBLES OUT AND REMOVES THAT NUTRIENT FROM THE SYSTEM.

AND NITROGEN IS ONE OF THE NUTRIENTS THAT HELPS FEED ALGAE AND ALGAL BLOOMS. IT'S ONE OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF FERTILIZER.

SO REMOVING THAT NITROGEN FROM THE SYSTEM BEFORE IT'S ABLE TO OVERFLOW OUT INTO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON IS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THESE SYSTEMS TO HELP CLEAN THAT WATER BEFORE A NEXT RAIN EVENT COMES.

IT OVERFLOWS AND THEN CARRIES IT DOWN THE WATER SYSTEM INTO THE NEXT STORMWATER POND OR INTO THE LAGOON.

AND ANOTHER BENEFIT OF THIS IS IT'S NOT JUST A FILTER THAT WE PUT ON THE SIDE OF A RETENTION POND.

WE CAN FROM THE OVERFLOW OF THIS, WE CAN CREATE A NICE STREAM EFFECT OR A WATERFALL.

SO IT'S ALSO AN ESTHETIC BENEFIT.

AND SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE VIDEO.

IF IT WORKS, SHOW IT TO YOU.

I'D HAVE TO. THE CONFLICT WAS OVER IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR THAT WE PUT IN PLACE BY.

THAT DOING IS SETTING THE WATER LEVEL WHERE WE NEEDED TO BREAK THE CYCLE AND PUTTING.

ONE OF THE ONES FROM THE AQUA ESCAPE TRAINING EVENTS THAT WE WE DIDN'T GO TO THIS ONE, BUT IT'S JUST HIGHLIGHTS WHAT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING TO DO AT SOME OF THESE.

AND THIS IS THE SITE OF OUR PANDEMONIUM OF 2014 ADVANCES IN BILL, JAMES AND TOM.

IT'S BEEN ABOUT FIVE WEEKS NOW SINCE WE'RE HERE AND EVERYTHING LOOKS SPECTACULAR.

SO I WANT TO DO IS I WANT TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING STEP BY STEP SO YOU CAN SEE FIRSTHAND HOW EVERYTHING'S BEEN FUNCTIONING FOR THE FIRST FIVE WEEKS.

THIS IS THE HEART OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AS MORE PUMPS ARE LOCATED.

SO THIS IS THE WORKHORSE THAT'S MAKING THIS ENTIRE SYSTEM FUNCTION.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS WE HAVE ALL OF OUR WANTS OUT OF THE WORLD.

WE ALSO ARE PUMPED FULL THROTTLE HERE.

YOU CAN SEE THEM STILL KIND OF VISIBLE.

WE HAVE A BIG CONCRETE HOUSE OVER ON THE FRONT HERE.

THAT WOULD BE THE GEAR THAT WE PUT IN PLACE.

BUT THAT'S DOING IS IT'S SETTING THE WATER LEVEL RIGHT OVER AN INTEGRATED DESIGN IS GIVING EFFECT TO THE SURFACE OF THAT.

NOT ALL THAT DEBRIS GOES ON THE SURFACE GOT SUCKED RIGHT INTO THIS INTAKE.

AND THIS IS JUST DOING A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING THE SURFACE CLEAR FORCE FROM ALL OF THIS DEBRIS.

I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF AS IT STUCK IN YOUR STEAMER.

THIS IS JUST LIKE ONE OF OUR SMALLER PONDS.

IT'S ON A GRAND SCALE.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS STUFF IS WE WANT TO CATCH IT NOW.

WE DON'T CATCH IT HERE.

IT'S GOT A LOT OF TIME.

IT'S GOING TO START TO DECAY AND RELEASE NUTRIENTS UNDER WATER, WHICH CAUSES ALGAE PROBLEMS AND WATER QUALITY ISSUES IN THE WESTERN FILTER.

THIS IS WHAT'S BREAKING DOWN ALL THE NITROGEN AND OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS THAT ARE INSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM.

WHAT WE HAVE IS OUR OFF THE BLOCK SYSTEM.

OUR WATER IS FLOWING UP THROUGH THE LAYER OF ROCKS, GOING THROUGH ALL THE LAYERS OF GRAVEL.

THEN WE HAVE ALL OF OUR 5.7 GRAMS. PLANTS HAVE NOT BECOME STABLE YET.

SO WE'RE WORKING FROM THOSE ROOTS HERE DOWN INSIDE THE PROBABLY OURSELVES.

THEY'RE GOING TO FILTER BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER AS TIME GOES ON.

SO THE HIGH IS ONE ACTIVITY INSIDE OF THE SYSTEM IS SUCKING THE TOP OXYGEN OUT OF THE WATER.

SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS VERY SIMPLE OR FROM THE OTHER END DOESN'T GET ANY MORE BASIC THAN THAT KIND OF REACTION IN THE WATER.

IT'S ALSO GOING TO HELP WITH THE CIRCULATION OF THIS POND, FAR WESTERN EDGE OF THE POND.

THIS IS WHERE THE JETS ARE LOCATED.

WHAT WE HAVE IS THE PIPING SYSTEM RUN ALONG THE PERIMETER.

THERE ARE A SERIES OF JETS EVERY 20 FEET.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH ALL OF THAT DEBRIS OR SKIMMER SYSTEM ON THE FAR EASTERN EDGE OF THE PARKS, JUST LIKE OUR SMALL PONDS, ALL ABOUT CIRCULATION IN THAT SPOT OVER HERE.

THIS IS WHERE ALL OF THAT STUFF WAS ACCUMULATING.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THESE PLANTS ARE JUST PUSHING EVERYTHING TO THAT FAR OTHER END WHERE THERE'S SOMETHING TO OUR SKIMMER.

WATER IS COMPLETE AND IT LOOKS AWESOME.

EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO GET HOLD OF ANY WAY BY THIS WATERFALL, ALL THE DIFFERENT ANGLES BEING HIGHLIGHTED ON THIS THING AND PUT IT UP AND EVEN WATCH THAT MUCH BETTER.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER FOR THIS WATERFALL, HAD A BLAST DOING IT, SETTING UP THESE BIG ROCKS, CREATE THIS GIANT WATERFALL BEHIND US, WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE

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FOR EVERYBODY. I HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS PROJECT SHOWCASE.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME. THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE QUICK VIDEO THAT HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO TRY HERE AND SOME OF THESE RETENTION PONDS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO REALLY DO IS GET SOME RESEARCH BEHIND IT.

I'VE GOT A SCIENCE BACKGROUND.

I REALLY LIKE TO GET A GOOD STUDY DESIGN SO WE CAN DOCUMENT THE REMOVAL OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS FOR THIS PROCESS.

AND IF SUCCESSFUL, AND IF IT SHOWS WHAT I BELIEVE IT WILL, THEN I BELIEVE IT CAN BE APPLIED ACROSS A GREATER SCALE.

SO JUST LEANING INTO THAT, LOOKING FOR A SUITABLE LOCATION TO FOR A TEST SITE, DOING SOME WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS PRIOR TO THIS CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN WE CONSTRUCT THESE WETLAND FILTERS AND MONITOR THE WATER QUALITY THROUGH TIME.

AND ESSENTIALLY, BASICALLY WHAT I JUST SAID, IT APPLIES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

AND THERE ARE OTHER ALSO OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOING WETLAND FILTRATION LIKE REGRADING STORMWATER PONDS.

A LOT OF STORMWATER PONDS ARE CONSTRUCTED ON A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.

IT'S VERY COMMON IN THE ENGINEERING FIELD.

IT'S A STURDY GRADE, BUT IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR A LOT OF LATERAL ZONE, WHICH IS WHERE PLANTS LIKE TO ESTABLISH.

SO WETLANDS GENERALLY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS VERY FLAT.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE FLAT, SHALLOW GRADE AREAS WHERE YOU CAN REALLY ESTABLISH A HEALTHY PLANT POPULATION LIKE YOU WAS TALKING ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS INCORPORATING NATIVE VEGETATION INTO THESE RETENTION PONDS IS THAT BRINGS NATIVE INSECTS, BRINGS BIRDS, AMPHIBIANS, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT RELIES ON THOSE ECOSYSTEMS. ALSO, IT ALL STARTS WITH THE NATIVE PLANTS.

SO BEING ABLE TO REGRADE RETENTION PONDS CREATE PLANTED ZONES THAT ARE ALSO GOING TO HELP CAPTURE RUNOFF, CAPTURE WATER TRAP DEBRIS THAT BEFORE IT MAKES IT INTO THE ECOSYSTEMS ALSO, AS OPPOSED TO CUTTING GRASS RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE OF THE RETENTION PONDS.

SO JUST SOME OF THE POTENTIAL HURDLES THAT WE'RE ENCOUNTERING WITH THIS IS PERMITTING HURDLES.

SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ST JOHN'S WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, WHO IS THE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR PERMITTING OF RETENTION PONDS? STORMWATER RETENTION PONDS.

AND I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME HEADWAY THERE BEING MADE.

AND I THINK THAT'S THAT WILL WORK OUT WELL.

THE COSTS IS ANOTHER BIG FACTOR.

SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, EVEN LEAVING SOME OF THE DECORATIVE STUFF ASIDE, THEY CAN BE AROUND 50,000, UP TO 150,000 PLUS.

SO LOOKING AT FUNDING OPTIONS, GRANTS WAYS TO OFFSET THE COSTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT IS THAT IF WE CAN.

YOU CAN IMPROVE THE FILTERING CAPACITY OF THESE PONDS AND MAKE THE FOOTPRINT SMALLER.

WE CAN ACTUALLY ALLOW A LITTLE BIT MORE OF SPACE FOR THE DEVELOPERS AND THAT'S AN EXTRA LOT FOR THEM, WHICH EQUALS MONEY.

SO IF THAT'S A WAY THAT WE CAN OFFSET THE COST BY PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT MORE BUILDABLE SPACE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AS WELL.

AND. ALL RIGHT.

PROBABLY THE LAST OF OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT MORE RECENTLY TO WITH MY BACKGROUND WORKING IN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.

WE'RE IN THE FIELD EVERY DAY AND LOOKING AT THE SHORELINES THAT EXIST ON THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.

NATURALLY, THERE WERE A LARGE STANDS OF MANGROVES AND OTHER NATIVE VEGETATION THAT EXISTED ALONG THE SHORELINES OF THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.

AS BREVARD COUNTY HAS GROWN AND IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED, THOSE SHORELINES HAVE BEEN FILLED IN AND SHORE AND SEAWALLS HAVE BEEN ADDED.

REVPAR IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDED THAT GREATLY REDUCE THE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION OF THE SHORELINE.

SO SHORELINES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR HABITAT.

HUNDREDS OF SPECIES THAT LIVE IN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON USE MANGROVE HABITAT AND OYSTER HABITAT TO AS PART OF THEIR REPRODUCTION CYCLES AS FEEDING GROUNDS, AS NURSERY GROUNDS.

SO IT'S AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT HABITAT, BUT IT ALSO REDUCES STORMWATER RUNOFF INTO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON ALSO.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE A SEAWALL WITH ST AUGUSTINE GRASS RIGHT UP TO THE SEAWALL, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO BUFFER THE RUNOFF BUFFER.

THAT WATER THAT'S COMING DOWN IN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON AND TRYING TO RECREATE A MORE NATURAL SHORELINE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY INTERESTED IN LOOKING INTO CREATING SOMEWHAT OF A HYBRIDIZED SHORELINE.

SO USING NATIVE COQUINA ROCK, LIMESTONE BOULDERS FROM LOCAL QUARRIES AND THEN USING THEM IN TERRACING.

SO PUTTING A ROCK YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT, PLACING BOULDERS AND THEN PLACING AND THEN USING FLAT TERRACED AREAS WHERE WE CAN INCORPORATE NATIVE VEGETATION AT DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS, MANGROVE, THEN SOME DIFFERENT GRASSES AND FLOWERING SPECIES ON THE UPPER LEVELS THAT WILL HELP BUFFER RUNOFF IN THESE AREAS

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ALSO ACT AS BIO SOIL.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE WATER RUNNING IN THEM, YOU CAN CONSTRUCT THEM IN A BIO SWALE TYPE OF SLOPE SO THAT THEY MAY RETAIN WATER AND THEN AFTER IT FILLS, IT'LL OVERFLOW INTO THE LOWER SECTIONS SO THAT YOU GET SOME LEVEL OF STORMWATER RETENTION IN THOSE SHORELINES ALSO.

AND EVEN AS SIMPLE AS CREATING A BUFFER ZONE LIKE THIS PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, THEY STILL HAVE A RIP WRAP SHORELINE, BUT THEY HAVE PLANTED IT WITH A NATIVE GROUND COVER THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BUFFERING.

IT'S A NO GO ZONE.

SO INSTEAD OF MOWING YOUR GRASS RIGHT UP TO THE SHORELINE, IT CREATES A NATURAL BUFFER.

NO ZONE WHERE YOU GET THE BENEFIT OF LIKE LIKE WE SAID EARLIER, THE NATIVE PLANTS, BUT ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF SHORELINE BUFFERING.

AND IT'S A IT'S A MORE EASY, COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO BUFFER BUFFER YOUR SHORELINE AND PROTECT THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.

SO THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN CONSTRUCT SHORELINES IN ORDER TO HELP PROTECT THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, BUT ALSO CREATE A REALLY STRONG STRUCTURAL SHORELINE FOR MORE STABILITY ALSO.

LEAVE. THAT IS IT.

SO I KNOW THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST IN JUST A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL, JUST FEEL FREE TO ASK.

WE CAN ALSO TAKE EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS AND ALSO WANTED TO ECHO HER SENTIMENT.

KRISTEN WAS VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING US HERE AND GETTING IT ALL SET UP.

SO. YOU'RE SO MUCH.

WE HAVE QUESTIONS.

WE'LL START ON THIS SIDE.

YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM? SNYDER NO IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS, THOUGH.

I DO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CALL BACK.

OF COURSE, AS THINGS GO DOWN.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME AND COME HERE TONIGHT.

SO, LIKE NOW I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

SO YOU JUST TALK LONG ENOUGH AND THINGS POP IN YOUR BRAIN.

SO IS YOUR GOAL TO PARTNER WITH CITY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE ON PROJECTS IN THIS? I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M VERY CLEAR ON WHAT YOUR GOAL IS.

YES. YEAH. SO TRADITIONALLY WE OFFERED BASICALLY JUST DECORATIVE WATER FEATURES, BUT BETWEEN THE RAINWATER HARVESTING, THE NATURAL SHORELINE CONSTRUCTION AND THE STORMWATER FILTERING MECHANISMS, ANY OR ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS WE FEEL COULD IMPACT THE LAGOON IN A POSITIVE WAY.

AND JUST OUR OUR ENVIRONMENT IN GENERAL.

AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH CITIES, COUNTIES.

MAYBE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS FULLY CLEAR ON THAT.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. ALONG WITH WORKING WITH RESIDENTS ALSO WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PROJECTS.

I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

THE COST THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, 55,000 PLUS, IS THAT FOR A LIKE A RETENTION POND SIZED PROJECT OR WHAT IS LIKE THE HOMEOWNER SIZED PROJECT IN REPLACEMENT FOR A RAIN BARREL ON A RESIDENTIAL HOME? WHAT KIND OF COST IS THAT? SO THE RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS ARE VARIABLE IN SIZE, RIGHT? WE CAN MAKE THEM A SMALLER AS LARGE AS WE HAVE THE SPACE FOR, SO IT CAN REALLY RANGE FROM.

AROUND 1000 TO.

UP INTO THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES, KIND OF LIKE THAT RANGE.

AND THERE'S ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO DO THAT TO REDUCE THEIR FOOTPRINT, BUT IT'S NOT ALL THAT COMMON RIGHT NOW.

AND THE COST TO MAINTAIN.

SO JUST MOVING AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL.

BUT ON THE LARGER LEVEL WITH THE RETENTION PONDS, WHAT'S WHAT'S THE COST TO MAINTAIN SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH THE FILTERS, I'M ASSUMING YOU SAID EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS THEY HAVE TO BE CLEANED OUT.

WHAT'S THE MAINTENANCE LIKE ON THOSE? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE TRAINED FOR.

IT COULD BE HIRED OUT. I MEAN, WE CAN DO IT.

THERE'S OTHER COMPANIES THAT CAN DO IT AND IT ALSO CAN BE TRAINED.

SO IT'S MINIMAL EQUIPMENT.

IT'S JUST PROBABLY ABOUT A DAY OR TWO OF LABOR.

SO IT'S IT'S AN AROUND 2 TO 5000 TO MAINTAIN SOMETHING LIKE THAT PER YEAR.

WHAT'S THE LIFESPAN OF THOSE SYSTEMS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

ALL THE THE LINERS THAT WE USE ARE GUARANTEED FOR 20 YEARS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS LOCKED IN THERE PRETTY MUCH INDEFINITELY.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE MECHANISM THAT WOULD FAIL FIRST.

HOWEVER, BEING IN THE INDUSTRY, WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN BUSINESS MORE THAN 20 YEARS, BUT WE KNOW A LOT OF OTHER CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE.

AND THE BIGGEST DETERRENT FOR THESE LINERS IS UV LIGHT.

AND SO IF THEY DON'T GET THAT, THEY'RE ALL THAT LINER IS COVERED UP BY ROCK AND GRAVEL.

THEY LAST INTO THE THIRTIES AND FORTIES YEARS.

BASED ON ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IT. THESE ARE ELECTRIC POWERED PUMPS.

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IS THAT RIGHT? THEY ARE, YEAH.

SO THE PUMP WOULD BE EXTERNAL.

SO WE'D HAVE AN IDEALLY WE'D HAVE AN INTAKE COVE JUST LIKE ON THE VIDEO OR THEY HAD THE BLOCKS WITH THE WEIR.

THERE'S A PUMP SITTING DOWN IN THERE.

SO THAT WATER GETTING PULLED FROM, FROM THAT PUMP VAULT AND IT DRAWS THAT WATER AND DEBRIS, ALL THAT SURFACE DEBRIS INTO THAT SKIM COVE, WHICH HE HAD A BIG NET.

HE DIDN'T. SO THAT HE HAS A BIG NET THERE, THAT THEY CAN LIFT ALL THAT OUT, TAKE IT OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND IT COULD BE COMPOSTED OR WHATEVER.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFIT TO REMOVING THAT STUFF FROM THE SYSTEM VERSUS LETTING IT FALL DOWN AND DECOMPOSE AT A SLOW RATE.

DO YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO MAKE THAT SOLAR CORRECT? PROBABLY NOT YET.

WE'VE HAD THIS QUESTION ASK QUITE A BIT.

JUST THE THE VOLUME OF WATER THAT THESE PUMPS NEED TO MOVE IS PRETTY HIGH.

AND SO THE SOLAR POWERED PUMPS AREN'T QUITE THERE YET OR YOU NEED A LOT OF SOLAR PANELS IN ORDER TO RUN ONE.

SO WE HAVE JUST BEEN INSTALLING ELECTRIC PUMPS ON SMALLER SYSTEMS. THE SOLAR PUMPS CAN BE USED TO POWER THEM, BUT ON THE LARGER PUMPS, ON RETENTION PONDS, THEY USE TOO MUCH ELECTRICITY.

ESTIMATE COST.

YEAH. YEAH.

THERE IS I DEPENDING ON EVERY EVERY APPLICATION IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

THE KIND OF GOAL IS YOU WANT TO HAVE 3000 GALLONS PER HOUR PER SECTION OF THAT WETLAND FILTER.

AND SO IF IT'S FOUR SECTIONS OR 20 SECTIONS OF THE PUMP'S GOING TO HAVE TO FIT THAT THAT SIZE FLOW RATE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE PROJECT SPECIFIC, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A WAY TO TELL ESTIMATE WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE OR IT'S SIMILAR SIZE TO A POOL PUMP, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LARGER.

SO GENERAL ELECTRICITY COSTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS AROUND LIKE 15 TO $30 A MONTH OR ESTIMATED POOL PUMP ELECTRICITY COSTS.

ALL MY QUESTIONS. YOU.

SO WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED IN TRYING TO PRESENT SOME OF THE NEWER IDEAS.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS.

BRAD'S DONE A LOT WITH OUR THE WATER FEATURE SIDE OF THE COMPANY, BUT SOME OF THE NEWER THINGS WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE TO PRESENT YET.

BUT THROUGH WORK WE'VE TALKED TO TALKED WITH THE COUNTY OF BREVARD COUNTY NATURAL RESOURCES, A LITTLE BIT CITY SATELLITE BEACH, CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO DO A FORMAL PRESENTATION.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO GO AND TALK TO SOME OF THE OTHER LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TO AND SHOW THEM SOME OF SOME OF THESE IDEAS ALSO.

BUT YOU GUYS ARE THE FIRST FOR THE FORMAL PRESENTATION.

YOU ARE? YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING INTO USING THE IFAS AND THE EXTENSION AGENTS AND TRYING TO GET ACTUALLY SOME OF THE UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS ON BOARD IN ORDER TO HELP US WITH THE STUDY.

BECAUSE IF THIS CAN BE PUBLISHED IN A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL, THAT WILL GET A LOT MORE TRACTION WITH IT.

IF IT'S JUST A. THE EXPERIMENT THAT WE CONDUCT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SCIENTISTS.

BUT HAVING IT PEER REVIEWED, PUBLISHED WOULD BE A LOT, A LOT MORE BENEFICIAL.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

I, I WAS WONDERING IF THEY IF YOU INSTALLED AT TIME OF CONSTRUCTION.

SO IF THIS WERE BUILT INTO THE PROPERTY PLAN, THE PLAT PLAN TO BEGIN WITH IF THAT WOULD BRING THE COST DOWN AT CONSTRUCTION AND.

UM, IDEALLY THAT WOULD HELP A LOT, ESPECIALLY WITH PROPERTIES RIGHT ON THE LAGOON ON BOTH SIDES OF THE INDIAN RIVER. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THESE PERMITTING AGENCIES FOR THE RETENTION PONDS AT ST JOHN'S RIVER FOR THE SEAWALLS.

IT'S THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

SO WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM NOW.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE HURDLES THAT WE MENTIONED AND.

BELIEVE THERE'S ENOUGH TRACTION THERE TO GET SOMETHING ON SOME LEVEL APPROVED SO WE CAN TEST THIS STUFF OUT IN A LARGER SCALE.

I KNOW IT WORKS VERY WELL.

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SMALL SCALE SYSTEM.

SO AND THERE'S BEEN SMALLER TAX INCENTIVES FOR RAINWATER COLLECTION TOO.

I THINK THE CITY OF MELBOURNE DID SOME TYPE OF RAIN BARREL PROGRAM AND IF WE COULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CAPTURE RAINWATER, I'M SURE THERE COULD BE A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS DONE THAT SHOWS IF EVERY INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER CAPTURED AND INFILTRATED 100 GALLONS OF WATER DURING AN INDIVIDUAL STORM EVENT, HOW MUCH STRESS THAT WOULD TAKE OFF THE CITY'S STORMWATER SYSTEM, TOO? SO I THINK THE COST OF THESE SYSTEMS COULD BE WRITTEN OFF THROUGH A THROUGH A TAX PROGRAM OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CAPTURE AND INFILTRATE RAINWATER. I, I HAVE TWO RAIN BARRELS AND ONE OF THEM IS SET TO DRAIN FILTRATION IN AND AROUND THE OAK TREE IN OUR YARD WITH SOME NATIVE PLANTS AROUND IT.

THE OTHER ONE, IT WORKS FINE.

YOU KNOW, FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL, I CAN EMPTY IT BY HAND INTO DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE YARD THAT ARE KIND OF TOO DISTANT FOR IT TO DRAIN NATURALLY TO THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ELEVATION CHANGE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE MAY THROUGH OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, IT'S JUST FULL.

IT JUST OVERFLOWS. THERE'S NOT I JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DRAIN 50 BARRELS EVERY 50 GALLONS OF WATER EVERY OTHER DAY.

THAT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THESE KINDS OF SYSTEMS THAT DON'T REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH.

AND EXPECT YOU TO HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND DRAIN IT.

I'M LIKE, IS IT GOING TO RAIN TOMORROW? EVEN IN THE WINTER, IT'S GOING TO RAIN TOMORROW.

SHOULD I GO EMPTY IT OUT NOW OR.

YEAH. YES, I'M OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, 3 HOURS BEFORE IT'S ABOUT TO RAIN TRYING TO WATER STUFF.

IT'S JUST IT GETS RIDICULOUS.

YEAH. THAT'S WHERE THOSE THAT SUMP PUMP REALLY WOULD COME INTO PLAY.

AND WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE IT SET TO DIFFERENT VALVES SO IT CAN GO TO DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE YARD EACH TIME.

SO YOU CAN REALLY, REALLY HELP SLOWLY PERCOLATE THAT WATER OVER TIME.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT INCORPORATING DIFFERENT LANDSCAPING TECHNIQUES, TOO.

WE'RE BOTH INTERESTED IN LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT ALSO.

SO LANDSCAPING YOUR YARD IN A WAY THAT SLOWS RAINWATER DOWN IF WATER IS LEAVING A GUTTER, PUTTING IT INTO DIFFERENT SOIL SYSTEMS, HEAVILY MULCHING SWALES MULCH IS REALLY EFFECTIVE AT CAPTURING RAINWATER TOO, BECAUSE IT ABSORBS SO MUCH RAINWATER.

SO EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BARREL THAT CAPTURES WATER, IF YOU CAN DIRECT WATER INTO A RAIN GARDEN, INTO A NATURAL WATER FEATURE, AND THEN THAT OVERFLOWS INTO A SOIL SYSTEM WITH MULCH, MULCH IS REALLY EFFECTIVE AT ABSORBING AND SLOWING DOWN RAINWATER ALSO.

SO YOU CAN CAPTURE MORE ONSITE FOR A FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY, TOO.

SO THIS IS CONSIDERED GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE? YES. YEAH. OH, SO EXCITING. WHERE IS YOUR BUSINESS? WE'RE IN WEST MELBOURNE.

YOU DON'T HAVE A STOREFRONT.

SO WE'RE CONTRACTORS AND SO WE OPERATE OUT OF THE HOUSE.

STOP IT.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING A LOCATION.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR EXPANSION PLANS.

BUT RIGHT NOW, IT MOSTLY PROBABLY JUST BE A DISPLAY ROOM.

FOR THE MOST PART, WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANY RETAIL, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE FOR DISPLAYS.

BOMBAY. FINE.

DOES. RAIN WAS SAYING THEY.

GREAT NEED.

BELL BEST. I.

I'D. MORATORIUM.

BELLA. BOMBAY IS.

YEAH. AND.

NEED HERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT ARE COLLABORATIVE AND SUPPORTIVE DEVELOPERS.

THE LEAD IN THAT.

DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO DEVELOP.

ALLEN'S. ALSO.

COMMON SENSE NATIVE.

SINCE. I HAVE.

SO. MANAGEMENT BIOLOGICAL NATIVE.

WHILE OUR. SO EXCITING.

AGE ALSO RISK YOU'RE TAKING.

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GET INTO A. LIKE THIS.

RIGHT EDGE.

AS YOU THINK ABOUT WORKING WITH GOVERNMENTS AND IFAS.

OH. UH.

STATIONS. AND THERE ARE ASSOCIATIONS.

I LIVE IN A CONDO.

HE'D. TYPES OF PRACTICE BUILT TO CONDOMINIUM DOCUMENTS THAT REGULATE HOW MUCH WATER.

TO NINE OF THE CONDOMINIUMS REGULATED YEARS.

FREE NATURAL RESOURCES.

BARKER IS. VOTING THIS.

BUT. LOOK.

SO. OR SO I ENCOURAGE YOU.

I'M BOMBAY.

AND OPERATE A BUSINESS.

IF. I'LL.

PRESIDENT OF CONDOMINIUM.

GIVE US A LANDSCAPE.

IF TITANIUM IS PERMEABLE PAVING.

WITH ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THESE PERMITTING HURDLES.

I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET ALL OF THE DUCKS IN A ROW AND WE DO WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE DEVELOPERS AND THE BUILDERS AND START FORMING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

UNTIL I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO APPROVE THESE PERMITS, I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD YET.

SO THAT IS OUR NEXT MISSION, IS MAKING SURE WE WHO STAY THE MARINE RESOURCES COUNCIL HAS A PRESENTATION ON GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S WHY I WAS CURIOUS IF THAT IF THIS FALLS UNDER THAT RUBRIC.

BUT THAT.

PREREGISTRATION. IT'S AT NOON I THINK.

IT'S NOT THEIR REGULAR LUNCHEON LEARN BUT CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING A RESOURCE ALSO BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE TO PROMOTE CHANGE, ESPECIALLY WITH GOVERNMENTS ABSOLUTELY PERMITTING IT.

WE PLAN MARINE RESOURCES COUNCIL DOES THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE ALSO, SO WE PLAN ON BEING A PART OF THAT AND HELPING TO EXPAND AND SHOW PEOPLE WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS AND THE REALLY COOL PROJECTS BECAUSE WE'RE JUST REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS AND THIS TYPE OF STUFF AND THE THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO AND THE REALLY INTRICATE PROJECTS YOU CAN DO THAT CONNECT, LIKE YOU SAID, RAIN, WATER, NATIVE PLANTS, ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

THE POSSIBILITIES REALLY ARE ENDLESS.

SO IT'S A TAD FOR BIRDS.

WHEN WE'RE CLEAR CUTTING, WE NEED HABITAT FOR BIRDS.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

AND WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS IS A.

IT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE ACTION'S HAPPENING KNOW THERE'S REALLY RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN FLORIDA, AS WE ALL KNOW.

SO BEING ABLE TO INCORPORATE THESE PRACTICES INTO DEVELOPMENT AND TRY AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO TO DO SOME MORE LOW IMPACT PRACTICES AND LEAVE MORE GREEN SPACES, LEAVE MORE MATURE NATIVE VEGETATION TO CAPTURE RAINWATER, TO SLOW RAINWATER DOWN.

THERE'S A LOT OF PRACTICES THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED AND WOULD REALLY HELP, I THINK, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO HELP THE DEVELOPERS TO KIND OF SEE WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND SHOW THEM THAT MAKING MONEY IS NOT IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY, BUT TO THEM IT IS SO THAT THESE THINGS CAN BE GOOD FOR THEIR BUSINESS ALSO, AND IT CAN HELP PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS.

AND IF THEY TAKE THESE PRACTICES ON, THEN IT CAN GIVE THEM A LEG UP ON ALL THE OTHER COMPETITION TOO.

SO. MORE QUESTION.

YOU MENTIONED PERMITTING.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS IN.

I. SOMEBODY RIGHT HERE.

THAT IS PALM BAY.

AND. IF THERE IS A PROBLEM, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT'S NOT BEEN PRACTICED VERY MUCH.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NEW APPLICATIONS OUT THERE AND A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION ON IT.

SO THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT REALLY WANTS TO SEE IT REVIEWED.

NUTRIENT REMOVAL.

JOURNALS, ARTICLES.

THAT'S WHY WE'D LIKE TO TIE IN WITH SOME OF THESE UNIVERSITIES, GET SOME OF THESE PROJECTS FUNDED THROUGH THAT SO THAT WE COULD.

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YOU CAN PUBLISH THIS STUFF THAT WAY.

THEY'LL HAVE A LOT LESS CONCERN.

THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STARTING.

BY MAY, I WAS, YES.

DR. LINDEMANN, WHO IS THE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN INTERN, A SUSTAINABILITY INTERN THAT UNFORTUNATELY NOT HERE.

SHE'S NOT SHE'S NOT WELL, BUT SHE IS WITH THEIR I FORGET THE DEPARTMENT NAME AT MIT, BUT I WOULD BE WILLING TO ASK KIRSTEN TO INTRODUCE YOU TO DR.

LINDEMANN. THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT ONE OF HIS INTERNS COULD BE ASSIGNED TO TO HELP DO.

I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ATTEND NEXT THURSDAY EVENING.

OTHERWISE, YOU CAN WATCH IT ONLINE.

WE ARE BRINGING FORTH AN ORDINANCE FOR A VOLUNTARY LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.

PROGRAM FOR THE CITY SO THAT WE'LL HAVE A FIRST READING WITH COUNCIL NEXT THURSDAY THAT ESSENTIALLY DOES WHAT.

WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO IS IF DEVELOPERS ARE WILLING TO IMPLEMENT LOW, LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES, DESIGNS AND STANDARDS.

THE ORDINANCE CALLS FOR CERTAIN FLEXIBILITIES AND WAIVERS THAT COULD BE OFFERED TO THAT DEVELOPER IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT WILL ELIMINATE OR REDUCE THE POLLUTANTS THAT GO INTO THE STORMWATER. SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND, THAT MEETING STARTS AT SIX SIX THURSDAY.

AND BE THERE IN PERSON.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO WATCH IT ONLINE, EITHER ON FACEBOOK OR ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY, UH.

BROWN WORKS FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

DEAL WITH PERMITS.

TRYING TO REMOVE BARRIERS, PERMITTING, DEVELOP BETTER PRACTICES.

THAT PERHAPS WOULD BE WORTH AN INTRODUCTION TO NATALIE SHAPER.

NATALIE SHAPER IS ONE OF OUR ENGINEERS IN PUBLIC WORKS AND SHE'S ACTUALLY SPEARHEADING THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT VOLUNTARY LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AND SHE PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP RIGHT DIRECTION OR GIVE YOU AN.

ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, TOO, IS THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND THIS IS HOW WE WANT TO EXPAND OUR BUSINESS.

BUT WE'RE A SMALL COMPANY.

IT'S TOUGH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS.

SO DEDICATING AS MUCH TIME AS WE'D LOVE TO TO DO THIS IS NOT THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE JUST TAKING ALL OF OUR EXTRA TIME AND DEDICATE.

RIGHT. RIGHT NOW IT'S BRAD AND I, FOR THE MOST PART, WORKING IN OUR SPARE TIME.

BRAD'S DOING IT FULL TIME NOW, ME AFTER WORK.

SO DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE INVOLVED AND BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND SPEAK TO THIS COMMUNITY AND JUST EXPOSE EVERYONE TO ALL THE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES.

MY ADD CHAIR.

WE ARE. IF COUNCIL APPROVES THE ORDINANCE FOR VOLUNTARY LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, THE NEXT STEP FOR THE CITY WOULD BE TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM DEVELOPERS ON THE MANUAL.

A MANUAL HAS TO BE DEVELOPED AS WELL, AND THAT GETS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION BY COUNCIL.

THE GOAL FOR FOR COLLABORATING WITH THE DEVELOPERS IS WE DON'T WANT TO HINDER DEVELOPMENT.

WE ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT COUNCIL'S ADVOCATING FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANYTHING INTO A MANUAL OR AN ORDINANCE THAT'S GOING TO PROHIBIT.

SO WHEN WE BEGIN HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH DEVELOPERS, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE YOU IN THE ROOM THAT CAN SAY, HERE IS WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, HOW YOU. WE'D LOVE TO BE PART OF THAT.

OF A LOT OF. YOU SAY ALL THE FEEDBACK? THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING.

AND AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT COME UP, OUR OUR EMAIL AND WEBSITE AND PHONE NUMBER IS ALL LISTED ONLINE.

I COULD LEAVE IT WITH SOMEBODY.

KRISTEN HAS IT. SO.

HE REACHED FOR AROUND FOUR LOCAL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

THANK YOU, GUYS. YEAH.

WE ARE GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WAS EONS AGO ON APRIL

[ADOPTION OF MINUTES]

27TH, 2022.

IS THERE A MOTION? REMOVE.

WE ADOPT THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.

I SECOND BEFORE I MOTION PASSES.

NEW BUSINESS.

[NEW BUSINESS]

WE HAVE A STANDING DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD TO HIGHLIGHT IDEAS AND DETAILS TO SUPPORT THE PLANNING OF THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR.

[00:55:03]

UM. I THINK WE NEED TO INVITE THESE GUYS TO OUR SUSTAINABILITY FAIR.

YOU'LL GET THE INVITATION.

SEND IT TO. IT'S NOT FOR.

IT'S FOR A WHILE NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO OPEN TO DISCUSSION OF IDENTIFYING COMPONENTS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR TO PURSUE.

AND SUSAN, CAN WE START WITH YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS YOU BROUGHT TONIGHT FOR THAT? I ACTUALLY.

NOT. BUT I BELIEVE I WILL BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE END OF THE LINE.

SO IF YOU COULD LEAVE ME LAST.

I, I KIND OF THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE.

DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK OR TAKE THE TIME.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO FIND.

GOOD. INFORMATION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE INFORMATION LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT IN INFORMATIONAL BOOTHS.

UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING EXPLAINING WHAT LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT IS AND WHAT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IS.

I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A ONE DAY MEETING HERE AT THE THE CITY PROPERTY HERE, AND WE WERE DISCUSSING THE POSSIBILITY OF TRYING TO HAVE THIS BE.

YOU KNOW, NO TRASH, NO NOTHING.

ZERO WASTE EVENT.

SO BUT IN FAMILY FRIENDLY AS IN GAMES AND THINGS.

SO I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID WAS PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED ABOUT RECYCLING AND WE COULD HAVE A CHALLENGE AND SEE HAVE A BUNCH OF STUFF AND SEE IF ANYONE GETS IT 100% RIGHT.

IS THE BOARD. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS? I MEAN, I THINK THAT EXPOSE OR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE I THINK WAS.

HAVING DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS COME AND TALK TO US.

I'M WITH THE AMERICAN COALITION.

HAVE A NATURAL CLIMATE.

BUT I THINK OTHER.

SITES THAT ARE DOING ADVOCATING FOR POLICY AND STUFF FOR OUR FRIENDS THAT JUST WERE HERE.

I REALLY LIKE THE EDUCATION THING.

EDUCATION, I THINK, IS THE BIGGEST PART.

SO I THINK WE HAVE THAT.

SO WE CAN HAVE MAYBE LIKE AN ADVOCACY SECTION, WE CAN MAYBE HAVE A BUSINESS SECTION AND THEY CAN BRING MODELS, WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND TALK TO CONSTITUENT CONSTITUENTS, BUT RESIDENTS AND MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND GOVERNING OFFICIALS.

SO THEY BRING IN SOME AREAS, BUT I THINK EDUCATION.

SOME. MY SUGGESTION IS WE HAD DISCUSSED IN THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN DOING.

CYCLING EVENTS OR THINGS THAT DON'T GO IN MAINSTREAM RECYCLING.

IF THERE'S A WAY TO TIE IN.

UM. SOME KIND OF.

I DO ENVISION THIS WITHOUT IT BEING A JUNK PILE OF ELECTRONICS THAT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM.

BUT IF THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT TAKE.

RECYCLE, SAY, CELL PHONES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IF IF IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO FOR THAT KIND OF RECYCLING EVENT, FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO THROW THEM IN THE TRASH LIKE ALL YOUR OLD BATTERIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

NOW THAT'S IN OUR PLAN.

WE HAVEN'T DONE A LOT OF WORK OR RESEARCH OR HEARD A LOT ABOUT PLACES THAT YOU CAN.

UM. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD MINDS OUT THERE THAT ARE PROBABLY THOUGHT THROUGH IT.

MAYBE WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT IN SOME WAY.

SOME. AS.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BRING SOMETHING TO RECYCLE AND YOU GET WHATEVER TOKEN TOWARD YOUR GAME OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE END UP ENVISIONING WITH GAMES.

I HAD MEANT TO SAY THERE'S A PROGRAM CALLED TREE CITY, AND A LOT OF AMERICAN CITIES ARE PART OF THIS.

I MEAN. WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

A LOT OF PLACES YOU WOULDN'T THINK LIKE THAT'S KIND OF A NITTY GRITTY TOWN, BUT THERE ARE TREES CITY.

[01:00:05]

AND I WANTED TO SEE HOW CLOSE WE ARE.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING A TREE CANOPY STUDY.

IS THAT LIZARD INSIDE? I THINK IT IS.

NO, OUTSIDE.

I CAN'T TELL. IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYWAY.

SO I WAS THINKING THAT IT'S SOMETHING IF WE.

TO POLL PEOPLE ABOUT WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PLANT A TREE IF IT COULD MAKE US A TREE CITY? BECAUSE THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, ARBOR THE ARBOR FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THAT.

IT'S ACTUALLY AN INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE TO BE A TREE CITY, NOT JUST US.

WELL, I WANT TO BE A TREE SITTING.

UM, SO REGARDING THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE DETAILS, I DON'T HAVE TOO MANY PREFERENCES.

I, I DO WANT TO KIND OF REITERATE, I THINK SOME THINGS THAT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL LIMITING IT TO ONE DAY A MIDDAY EVENT ON A WEEKEND, I THINK WOULD BE REALLY CRUCIAL. I, I WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE A LOT OF OPTIONS AND THEN FINALIZE WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.

I KIND OF THINK STILL STICKING TO.

IT SOUNDS TERRIBLE, BUT SENDING A LITTLE BIT OF A LOWER GOALPOST.

SO IF WE CAN'T DO ZERO WASTE, WE CAN ENCOURAGE ZERO WASTE AND AND LIKE.

YEAH. CHOOSE LIKE, ONE, ONE ELEMENT.

LIKE, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY STRAWS OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THINGS LIKE THAT AND JUST KIND OF BUILD THE KI BEING, GETTING AS MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH A LOW BARRIER TO ENTRY BECAUSE GETTING PEOPLE THERE FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES I THINK IS THE CORE GOAL.

UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A ZERO FOOD TRUCK SHOW UP BECAUSE NONE OF THEM ARE LIKE ZERO WASTE REQUIREMENTS.

UM, SO THINGS LIKE THAT.

I'D LOVE TO EXPLORE.

I DO WANT TO NOTE IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE CITY HAS ESTABLISHED A SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING TASK FORCE, WHICH IS THE COOLEST SOUNDING THING I AM GOING TO HEAR ALL DAY.

I JUST WANT THAT NOTED.

AND SO IT'D BE COOL FOR US TO KIND OF COLLECT OUR.

DIET LISTS OF THINGS KIND OF MORE FORMALLY, AND THEN CHOOSE SOMEONE TO CARRY THE BANNER FOR US.

AND. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT OUR SUSTAINABILITY INTERN, LEX, SHE'S ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING TO ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TO SEE HOW THEY'VE DONE SUSTAINABILITY, WHAT BEST PRACTICES, THINGS THEY'VE LEARNED, THINGS THAT WORK, THINGS THAT THINGS DON'T WORK. IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS.

AND SO SHE'S COMPILING A LIST.

SO BY OUR NEXT MEETING WILL LIKELY HAVE SOMETHING PRETTY WELL ORGANIZED IN TERMS OF WHAT SHE'S FOUND.

CITY OF SATELLITE BEACH IS ONE THAT SHE'S REACHED OUT TO.

CITY OF ORLANDO IS ANOTHER ONE THAT'S DONE SOME PRETTY WELL ORGANIZED FAIRS.

WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT THAT TIME AS WELL.

WE HAVEN'T YET DONE BUILT THE TASK FORCE.

WE HAVE A LIST OF NAMES AND GROUPS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO, BUT WE WANTED TO START WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR SUSTAINABILITY BOARD WOULD BE ABLE TO LEAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

UM, I, I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS SUSTAINABILITY FAIR TO BE AS DIFFERENT AS POSSIBLE.

THE EXPAND AND EXCITE.

THE THING THAT DOES THAT FOR ME ARE.

ONE EXAMPLE IS IN THE AREA OF WASTE MANAGEMENT.

IT IS POSSIBLE TO.

HAVE YOUR WASTE MANAGE IN HOMES NOW IN COMMERCIAL BUSINESS.

THERE'S WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN.

SOLAR WHERE THINGS ARE.

COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL.

SO I WOULD LIKE US TO START THINKING NOW AND IDENTIFYING BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE THAT MIGHT HIGHLIGHT OR ASK TO COME HERE OR.

OF. WOW.

IS THIS REALLY POSSIBLE? ORDER OF BUSINESS THEN IS TO SELECT A BOARD MEMBER TO REPRESENT THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD AT THAT.

VOLUNTEER. COULD WE GET SOME CLARITY ON THE.

THINGS AROUND THE WORLD. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU JUST SAID IS SOMEONE WHO CAN LEAD THE DISCUSSION.

SO WOULD THIS PERSON WHO IS COMING FROM OUR BOARD CONSIDERED.

THE CHAIRPERSON I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THE HEAD OF A TASK FORCE, THE TASK MANAGER.

[01:05:04]

THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES HAVE THE ABILITY TO.

EIGHT OR A TASKFORCE FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.

SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE CHAIR, THE INDIVIDUAL SELECTED FROM THIS BOARD WOULD SERVE AS SORT OF A CHAIR HELP KIND OF GUIDE THE INTENT AND THE GOALS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD, BECAUSE THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR WOULD BE AN EVENT OF THE BOARD, ALTHOUGH IT'S LED AND.

SEPARATED BY THE CITY.

IT'S AN EVENT THAT THE BOARD HAS DECIDED WANTED TO HOST.

SO THAT IS MY PERCEPTION.

THAT DOES HELP. AND THEN I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS ARE REALLY EARLY, SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, THAT IS MORE THAN FINE.

BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME ENCOUNTERING THIS.

AND SO WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY OF THOSE MEETINGS GENERALLY? IT REALLY IS GOING TO DEPEND ON.

THE BOARD MAKEUP, IF YOU WILL.

IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE.

LIKELY WILL BE LESS FREQUENT AT FIRST, MAYBE ONCE MONTHLY.

BUT AS YOU GET CLOSER, OBVIOUSLY YOU PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE MORE FREQUENT MEETINGS.

WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, AND I CAN USE MAYORS BALL AS AN EXAMPLE, IS WE START TO HAVE ONE ONCE A MONTH AND THEN AS WE GET CLOSER THERE ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS AND SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT POP UP ONCE A WEEK.

SO IT REALLY IS. IT GETS CLOSER.

YOU HAVE MORE FREQUENT. IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BOARD AND A TASK FORCE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE MANAGEMENT AND THE SUNSHINE ISSUES AND THINGS. SO THE TASK FORCE WON'T BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS THE BOARD IN TERMS OF FLORIDA SUNSHINE LAW.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING THAT ONE BOARD MEMBER BE REPRESENTED AND THEN COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND CONTINUE TO REPORT.

PROGRESS THAT IS BEING MADE ON THE TASK FORCE.

THE TASK FORCE WILL ALSO INCLUDE WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENTS PERSON THAT'S WITH PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'LL WANT TO HAVE THAT PERSON INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE CITY SIDE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THINGS LIKE TRASH CANS AND TENTS AND CHAIRS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE'LL INCLUDE OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FROM THE PROMOTION AND MARKETING STANDPOINT SIDE OF IT.

WE MAY INCLUDE SOMEBODY FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND THEY'LL BRING IN MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC SERVICES IS REPRESENTED.

CITIES ASIDE FROM LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FOR BOTH THINGS LIKE THAT ARE DONE, WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT REACHING OUT TO BUSINESSES TO FIND CERTAIN BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES IN PALM BAY THAT DO HAVE SOME SORT OF SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICE THAT MAY WANT TO BE REPRESENTED SO THAT WE HAVE GOOD IDEAS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

REPRESENTATIVE THE TASK FORCE.

WE DISCUSSED IT IN THE PAST.

I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT IS THE DATE OR TIME FRAME WE ARE SHOOTING FOR TO HAVE THE EVENT LEAVE.

IT WAS APRIL AND THE REASON FOR THAT WAS WE HAVE EARTH DAY.

THE WEATHER IS IS MORE FAVORABLE IN APRIL.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT.

THERE YOU AS A BOARD OR THE TASK FORCE SHOULD IDEALLY COME UP WITH, IF WE WANT IT TO BE A SATURDAY, THE THIRD SET WHAT DAY IN APRIL? ACTUALLY HAD A COMMENT.

I'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT.

IT WAS FOOD SUSTAINABILITY.

THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION CALLED FLORIDA FIELD OF FORKS, AND IT MIGHT BE NICE TO HAVE THEM BE AT THE FAIR IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH ALL KINDS OF LOCAL NOT JUST LOCAL FOOD, BUT LOCAL GOODS.

WHERE I GET MY VEGGIES FROM.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT? I'D BE OPEN TO VOLUNTEERING.

MAKE HIM HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT.

OUR VOLUNTEER.

I MEAN, DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT A VOLUNTEER? I MEAN, LET'S. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD SWAP OFF IF IT WAS NEEDED TO SEND SOMEBODY ELSE TO OCCASIONALLY? YES, WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST WITH OTHER TASK FORCE WHERE IF LET'S SAY MR. SNYDER IS NOT AVAILABLE TO ATTEND ON THAT DAY, THEN HE WOULD TAG WE WOULD HAVE TO BE SORRY THAT HIS STAFF WOULD REACH OUT TO YOU AND ASK YOU TO.

THE BACK UP PERSON NOW OR THAT CAN BE FLEXIBLE.

GO AHEAD AND MAKE A VOTE ON THE PERSON APPOINTED TO THE TASK FORCE AND THEN THE BACKUP AS A SECOND.

WHAT ELSE INTERESTED IN? SPINNING OR AS A BACKUP.

SORRY TO BE A BACK UP BUT DEPENDING ON THE IT'S IT'S I HAVE A FUNNY WORK SCHEDULE THESE DAYS I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'M.

[01:10:06]

VOLUNTEER AND A BACKUP.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT THEM TO REPRESENT OUR BOARD? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE NOMINATE PHILLIP SNYDER AS OUR.

UH, LEAD TO THE TASK FORCE OR THE SUSTAINABILITY FAIR WITH A BACKUP OF REBECCA SIEGLER.

OH. EXCUSE ME.

WITH A BACKUP OF LOGAN.

SECOND. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR. I.

I I.

ALL RIGHT. PAST YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO OUR OTHER BUSINESS THIS EVENING IS THE UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS OF INTEREST.

[OTHER BUSINESS]

MENTIONED TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2ND.

UM, ZOOM MEETING.

YOU HAVE TO PRE-REGISTER FOR IT, BUT IT'S FREE AND IT'S THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT IS.

HOW DO WE FIND THAT NOON? YOU CAN GO TO THE MARINE RESOURCES COUNCIL WEBSITE AND IT'S ONE OF THE FEATURED UPCOMING EVENTS.

UM. IS THAT RELATED TO THE EVENT THERE ON OCTOBER 21ST? NO, THIS IS TUESDAY.

BUT I THINK THAT PEOPLE GOING TO THAT LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT LATER MIGHT FIND IT BENEFICIAL TO KNOW ABOUT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AHEAD OF THAT.

BECAUSE I THINK IT'S.

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTS LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.

AND YOU SAID IT WAS TUESDAY, AUGUST 2ND.

I'VE GOT A FLIER AND IT IS THEIR LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES.

THE MARINE RESOURCE COUNCIL, YOU CAN GO TO THEM THEIR WEBSITE, THEY HAVE THESE MONTHLY.

BUT THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF A BUILD UP TO THE LOW IMPACT ELEMENT.

THE PERSON WHO WILL BE THERE IS FIRST BOGDAN WHO WAS AT THE FIRST MARINE RESOURCE.

LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT.

UM. WORKSHOP AND HE WORKS FOR FERGUSON WATERWORKS AND THEY ARE DOING SOME VERY INNOVATIVE AND THEY'RE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY EXCITING.

JUST HAVE TO REGISTER. IT'S ALL FREE, OF COURSE.

FINE. I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY WATCHING THIS TAPE.

AND LORRAINE, CERTAINLY.

WORTH GOING. AND THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON OR THE LAGOON HOUSE IS A.

THE W WW MARINE RESOURCE COUNCIL.

THAT'S THE WEBSITE, BUT I CAN LOOK IT UP.

IT WOULD LIKELY BE ON THE MARINE RESOURCE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.

YOU KNOW. IT'S NOT INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.

JUST PUT IN ANY ONE OF THOSE WORDS.

HAVE THE MARINE RESOURCE COUNCIL LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE HERE.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER.

THAT. THAT ALSO REGISTERED FOR EARL? YES, THAT'S ALSO ON THAT SAME WEBSITE.

THAT IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING AT THE CENTER FOR COLLABORATION IN ROCKLEDGE AT 1100 ROCKLEDGE BOULEVARD.

THAT IS THAT DOES HAVE A COST.

I DON'T KNOW IF KRISTEN, IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE COST IS.

IT'S. IF IT WAS LIKE IN THE TWO HUNDREDS, $150.

AND I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE US TO THINK OF WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT CITIZENS TO ATTEND.

AND CERTAINLY IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR LOCAL CITY LEADERS AND MUNICIPALITIES.

WELL WORTH IT. WE HAD FOUR STAFF REPRESENTED LAST YEAR AND OUR DEPUTY MAYOR AS WELL AS OUR CITY MANAGER WHO ATTENDED.

WE KNOW LAST YEAR IT SOLD OUT.

RIGHT. ARE THEY IN A BIGGER VENUE? SAME VENUE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER EVENTS INTEREST? JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY AGAIN, WE ARE BRINGING FORTH THE VOLUNTARY LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE TO COUNCIL ON AUGUST 4TH.

[01:15:04]

NEXT THURSDAY, 6 P.M.

HERE IN THIS ROOM, IT WILL BE UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARINGS SECTION OF THE AGENDA.

AND WE EXPECT THAT OUR PUBLIC WORK, PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEER TO NATALIE SCHREIBER WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE. SHE DID PRESENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD IN JULY.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AT ALL, YOU CAN GO BACK AND WATCH THE JULY 6TH P AND Z BOARD MEETING NATALIE SCHREIBER PRESENTED TO THEM AT THAT TIME.

TO ENCOURAGE LORRAINE TO COME TO THAT MEETING AND PRESENT YOUR THREE MINUTE PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL, WHICH THEY ALSO HAVE.

AND ALSO I THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO BECOME MORE VISIBLE.

I WAS REALLY PLEASED.

RUPE TONIGHT CAME TO US FIRST, BUT AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THE MAYOR IS REQUESTING IN HIS STATE OF THE MONTH SPEECH AND ALSO CITY STAFF THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND INPUT.

AND NOT TO RELY SOLELY ON OUR PLAN, BUT TO ACTUALLY THINK IN TERMS OF HAVING INPUT BOTH FROM THIS ADVISORY BOARD AS WELL AS US, AS INDIVIDUALS.

AND THE LAST THING IS WE HAVE TO OPENINGS HERE, HAVE ONE THAT CAN APPLY THROUGH CITY HALL.

ARE YOU SAYING? ONE.

NOW? I THINK WE HAVE TO BECAUSE THERE'S FIVE PEOPLE HERE.

I KNOW THERE'S TWO BECAUSE I JUST TALKED TO JUDY DENNIS TODAY.

AND THE SECOND ONE IS AN APPOINTMENT THROUGH COUNCILMAN RANDY FOSTER.

SO ANYBODY THAT KNOWS.

UM. NEED TO GET OUR BOARD FILLED.

AT THE MEETING ON THURSDAY.

IS IS THAT LIKE IN THE AGENDA THAT'S AVAILABLE? ANYTHING TO READ IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING ON WEBSITE? YES. AND THE AGENDA PACKET FOR COUNCIL WILL BE PUBLISHED.

USUALLY IT'S PUBLISHED FRIDAY EVENINGS.

SO THIS COMING FRIDAY, HOWEVER, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PULL THE PLANNING AND ZONING AGENDA PACKET FROM THE WEB CITY'S WEBSITE FOR THE JULY 6TH AND ZIP BOARD MEETING.

AND THE SAME INFORMATION WILL BE IN THAT.

IS THEY OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. THE OTHER.

UM. IT'S OR ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE.

SINCE THIS IS THE THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE ALL SHOW UP, IT'LL BE OKAY.

RIGHT. JUST DON'T WANT TO BE IN A CORNER DISCUSSING BOARD BUSINESS.

SO DON'T SIT NEXT TO ME.

JUST KIDDING. FOR THE RECORD.

ALL RIGHT. ANY.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE WE ADJOURN? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? AND IS THERE A SECOND I SECOND AND ALL IN FAVOR I.

HOW? NEVER.

THANK YOU. IT'S VERY INEFFECTIVE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.